Re: draft-dasilva-l2tp-relaysvc-07.txt

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <E1AEZ8X-0000OX-Kq@roam.psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:
>note, it's -07 not -06
>
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>given that each relaying node must add a (Host-Uniq|AC-Cookie) TAG,
>that could be 255 octets (especially if good embedded
>auth/semantics are included), and that
>
>   the length of an entire PPPoE message MUST never exceed the
>   maximum segment size of the underlying ethernet.
>
>is this gonna fit?
>
>are the security folk happy with this one?
>
I'm very unhappy with it, but I apparently didn't object the first time 
it came around, so I don't feel I should change my mind now. 




		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb